diff --git a/include/class.dynamic_forms.php b/include/class.dynamic_forms.php
index 7d7c73aa6a9482e42240b2581ea78f44d0157e68..7ac0995281e83f5bfb91510236141843eddf000d 100644
--- a/include/class.dynamic_forms.php
+++ b/include/class.dynamic_forms.php
@@ -948,6 +948,13 @@ class SelectionField extends FormField {
         }
         return $this->_choices;
     }
+
+    function export($value) {
+        if ($value && is_numeric($value)
+                && ($item = DynamicListItem::lookup($value)))
+            return $item->toString();
+        return $value;
+    }
 }
 
 class SelectionWidget extends ChoicesWidget {